On the heels of a highly rated season, the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" are looking to raise their paychecks.

Accordingtoreports, both Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch, who portray Amy and Bernadette on the CBS comedy, have successfully negotiated a pay increase in new extended contracts.

Although Warner Bros. Television isn't commenting, industry insiders have whispered that each actress will receive somewhere in the neighborhood of $60,000 per episode, roughly double their old rate of $20,000 – $30,000 an episode.

By the end of their contracts, the two stars are expected to earn roughly $100,000 an episode.

Meanwhile, co-stars Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki are expected to seek a bigger payday when their deals are up for negotiation at the end of this season. According to TV Guide, Cuoco, Parsons and Galecki are currently pulling in about $325,000 an episode, and they're expected to ask for deals that offer $500,000 and up per episode. Some estimate that they may land close to the $1 million mark.

Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar are going to be angling for pay increases as well but as a separate group.

The show is also well-represented at the Emmys this Sunday, where star Parsons is nominated for a best comedic actor award, Bialik is up for a best supporting actress in a comedy Emmy, and the show itself is vying for the best comedy series honor.

"The Big Bang Theory" will start its seventh season on CBS September 26.

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Well, the programm certainly has a weak premise – although I've yet to see it with my own eyes. The Big Bang is an unholy, outlandish theory which cannot and will not be proven as none of us were there. Only the Lord and saviour was present for the birth of our world, and I'm sure he will happily share that information with the lucky few who are excepted into the kingdom of heaven, as I expect to be.

Seeing as the cast of the sitcom Friends were making $1 million per episode toward the end of their series run, it's really too bad that a show like this, after 6 seasons, is still paying such (relatively speaking) meager salaries.

Well despite the fact that you might have grade 4 education, when used in a plural context such as this one (where multiple persons are being designated by the term "cast") because, as stated in the article, they are negotiating as more than one group and not just a large group, then the proper phrasing is "Big Bang Theory cast angle for raises".

The show is still pretty good, but seems to be fading. Too many scenes are shot in the living room which gets boring. The actors better get their agreements finalized before the ratings drop – TV audiences are extremely fickle.

For those who think these actors shouldn't get so much money, I'll try to explain:
The money is already there. Advertisers are paying a lot of money for ads (and product placement and whatnot) during every episode... because you, the fans, respond to those ads and product placement. If the actors didn't ask for more money, it would just go to CBS execs' bonuses or for developing new shows that advertisers might want to influence you through. And CBS wouldn't be giving that money to the actors if the actors didn't create that value for CBS.
So: the money is already there, you're giving it to the advertisers, and advertisers are giving a slice of it to CBS and CBS are giving a slice of it to actors (and writers and crew, etc). The only question is who gets how much. Wounded veterans and little girls with cancer are not going to get any of that money no matter how much (or how little) the actors work for.

Good for them, they deserve it. That show is still very funny even after six seasons, some of the episodes have been a little ho-hum, but as they move forward, there's a lot of material yet to be covered. I wish they'd brink back Leslie Winkle though, Sara Gilbert's character would be a good foil for Barry Kripke, I'd like to see those two square off against one another, maybe get into a double tee-off against Sheldon too. That would be hilarious, he wouldn't know what to do with two people bagging on him simultaneously.

Companies putting out the advertisements will charge more because their P&L statements must never go down or else the people who own stock in the company will be upset that they are losing their retirement money because they decided a 401k stock market plan is better than a pension or even a mattress...

Keep in mind the network makes far, far more than all the actors that make the product that the network enjoys the most.

But even then – with STEM and other career fields being devalued, both network and actors and just about everyone else in the process are being a little greedy right now. After season 6 turning Raj into a total jerk when he insults the people in the comic store after putting out a sympathetic, reasoned soliloquy, and a few other choice scenes that show how devolved society is (laughing at people having their property stolen = classy. And if people are stranded and had to walk a long distance and look tired and thirsty, you help them... doesn't matter what they look like – wow, that almost sounds like a rant against a racist person, doesn't it...)

Blame the writers – the show used to be funny. The actors are less likely to get bored and uninspired than the writers – and writing is not an easy job, believe it or not. The writers probably would get burnout more quickly...

It's time to kill off "The Big Bang Theory."
Penny and Leonard break up and Penny moves back to Nebraska.
Howard and pregnant Bernadette move back to the Boston area so Howard can get his PhD.
Sheldon hooks up with Leonard's mother and moves to the East Coast.
Raj, Leonard and Amy? I'm still working on that.
Unfortunately, Chuck Lorre will probably run "The Big Bang Theory" into the ground...just like he did with "Two and a half man." Hey, maybe Amy can hook up with Ashton Kutcher's character?
And Alan can move to East Texas to be with Mary Cooper.
And maybe Raj really is gay.
That only leaves Leonard.

Awwwwww, what's the matter? Not making enough money already? Typical celebs. Always want more and not grateful for what they have. Just cut their pay as it stands now, THEN they'll realize they've got more than enough. Ridiculous.

Well they could be taking the money from the network and advertisers and giving much of it away to charity for all you know which is more than I can say the network would do. If you have zero greed or materialism you should still ask for as much as you can get then choose to make good use of that money. Not saying they are charitable but it doesn't make sense for them to tell the money grabbing network to keep it.

What happens when your show, who brought you on at a very low salary so the show could start out yet still be profitable, blows up, and the station starts making 100 times what they expected on the show? Your next contact comes up, do you accept the same money, even though your work is producing HUGE returns far in excess of what they expected, or do you ask for more, since you are helping PRODUCE more?

I really enjoy the show but it makes me sick to see how greedy they are. My husband was a warrant officer in the military came back from Afghanistan very sick. We've had to fight to get money from the VA and I had to resign from my job of 16 years to care care of my spouse. When I see how much those people make and how much more money they want,it makes me sick to my stomach and consequently I have decided to boycott their show. Our soldiers put their lives on the line for greedy unappreciative people! They should be ashamed , How can we put those actors and athletes on a pedestal when our soldiers are dying to protect us?

You do know the more they make, the more they pay in taxes and the more they purchase which also means they pay more taxes. Just because they worked hard and chose a career path your husband didn't doesn't mean they are devils.

If you want to judge their morality then do so based on how they spend the money (help others, etc.). But otherwise the correct amount they should ask for is whatever they can get. The money is coming in from advertisers regardless and someone is getting that money. It may as well be the actors as much as any one else. Then we can hope but not demand that they use that money in good ways.

Sorry to hear about your husband, but if you have issues with anyone making more money than soldiers, then you should probably get rid of everything. Your TV – all actors / actresses get paid well. Your car – auto companies and insurance companies make a tons of money. Your house – your lender is making a ton in interest. There is nothing you can do where someone is not getting wealthy off of it.

I have to agree with the people who are pointing out that your husband chose to be in the military and you chose to marry him. That is all on you two. I think it is pathetic that the western world pays entertainers of all sorts, including professional athletes and coaches at public universities, massive salaries. That does not mean the people who collect those salaries are evil. It means society is out of whack as far as what it values. At the same time, I do not think that we should continue trying to maintain the world's largest and most expensive military in the name of "protecting our freedom." How often does the military actually fight to safeguard the rights of U.S. citizens in the United States?

The show is way more than these clowns reading lines writen for them. The set, story ,clothes, etc, etc is what makes them, them. They get plenty. What about other things (movies ,ensorments ,etc ) they do because of the show, do the pay the company back ? The company put them in the soptlight, otherwise they would be what they were, nothing.

Why, do you care what they make? You aren't paying for it. I don't see the two in the article making other movies and ensorments (whatever that is). Why do the (should be they) have to pay the company back. The company wasn't involved. Pay back means someone paid for something, and then you reimburse them. Did the company put them in the soplight (whatever that is)?

Best show on TV hands down...Just remember folks if the stars are pulling in those high numbers just imagine what the network is making. I say let the actors make the money why should the company get rich off thier hard work. And it is hard work you would be surprised...ok maybe not 500,000 worth of hard work but it's all relative!

Jim, you sound like a talentless hack. If it was so easy "just reading lines", why aren't you doing it and making all that money. It is just ridiculous at the number of people who think getting paid for what you do is wrong. If the world really had so many altruistic people in it the world wouldn't be in half the trouble it is.

BEST show on TV? Wow, you must be smoking some serious crack, girl. It's not even anywhere close to being the best comedy on tv, let alone best show. It sucks.....bad. Almost as bad as your taste in TV shows.

Good thing this show isn't on The Disney Channel. They'd get no raises and the show would be cancelled. Because that's just how The Disney Channel rolls. Even if they didn't ask for raises, after roughly 70 episodes or three years the show would be dropped anyway. Because that's how The Disney Channel rolls.

This has been my favorite show since its 2nd season when my daughter turned me on to it. Give them all big raises to keep the show cooking right. Mayim, I've loved you since Blossom. While you're all great and funny actors, don't forget the writers who put the words in your mouths! And Kaley is so so cute!

For every actor who makes a hundred thousand per episode, theres agents, managers, producers and network executives riding on their backs, taking millions.

The SUITS are what is wrong with the TV production system. Well-connected "managers" steal a dollar for every dime they pay the talent.

Its not the talent that makes TV shows so expensive, its all the MBA middle-management and other "hangers-on" who leech profits away from the entertainers.

It is even worse in the music industry. Copyright law was re-written to benefit studios, executives and stockholders, making entertainment cost ten times more (seen the price for a movie lately?). The "Industry Organizations" are criminal enterprises who regularly bribe legislators for tax favors.

Wow, just one of their pay days and I could pay for all the supplements, cbd, and treatments for my daughter who has grade 4 brain cancer SPNET. I do enjoy this show, however it is ridiculous that they feel the desire to need that much money. I could change the world with that much cash just by wanting to and having an ideal that would benefit the world.

I completely agree. I too love the show and I think everyone should get rewarded for hard work, but this kind of money is exactly what's wrong with the world. I know other entertainers and athletes make more, but that amount of money is more than any honest person could ever want or need in their lifetime. Are we seriously meant to emulate and perpetuate that kind of behavior?

So the billions that have been donated by other rich people should have already fixed all the problems of the world since you could do it for $500k. Didn't realize we lived in a Utopian society devoid of any problems. Thanks for letting us know.

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Honestly, the show brings in enough ratings that I imagine they'll all get their raise. My one question is: why not negotiate as a group for the original gang of Penny, Howard, Leonard, Sheldon and Raj? I understand doing it separately, but they'd probably have more success that way. Still, I imagine they'll all get their raises and they have earned them.

Careful....
They, the Powers That Be, may balk at the big raises – remember New York Undercover when the stars demanded pay raises ? How about Dukes of Hazzard where the stars got replaced for a season by lookalikes ? And the stars of What's Happening – see-saw demands.....

They may cancel the show after the seventh season to avoid keep paying out those fat checks to the TBBT stars.

Isn't David Letterman executive producer of the show? That being the case the cast can take a lesson from him in negotiating. I would tread cautiously however as it's been tested many times that a show survives with replacements. Two and A Half Men, a prime example. This show uses their cast smartly and the writing is still excellent. More than can be said for Two and A Half. Will the moms be revisiting soon?

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